- Publication: The Magic FingerPublication Record # 558836
- Author: Roald Dahl
- Date: 1968-00-00
- Publisher: George Allen & Unwin
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Price: 10/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
- Pages: 40
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Format: hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
- Type: CHAPBOOK
- Cover:
The Magic Finger (1966) • by William Pène du Bois?William Pene du Bois
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Notes:
- OCLC 220275722, OCLC 925985735 (both give ISBN 0048230804, perhaps both for the later 1977 printing)
- First British edition per more than one WorldCat record for later editions and printings, such as OCLC 59152594
- Price per newspaper notices The Guardian 1968-11-17 p28 ("this story for [6-10] year olds ... his third book for children") and The Irish Times 1968-12-07 p9
- External IDs:
Chapbook Title:
The Magic Finger • juvenile • (1966) • chapbook by Roald Dahl
Contents (view Concise Listing)
- The Magic Finger • juvenile • (1966) • short fiction by Roald Dahl
- The Magic Finger • (1966) • interior artwork by William Pène du Bois?William Pene du Bois
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